The company Trijicon, has a $660 million contract to provide up to 800,000 sights to the Marine Corps. And on the sights the company makes they add coded bible quotes.
What are these quotes?
Second Corinthians 4:6
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
John 8:12
the light of the world.
Trijicon director of sails Tom Munson said the inscriptions have always been there and there is nothing wrong or illegal about them.
"Nothing wrong or illegal"? Well 1: They violate the separation of church and state and 2: well first: having such inscription on government property is an endorsement of religion and that is wrong and second: well Michael "Mikey" Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation said it best; "It allows the Mujahedeen, the Taliban, al Qaeda and the insurrectionists and jihadists to claim they're being shot by Jesus rifles,"
The companies vision as described on their web site is:
Guided by our values, we endeavor to have our products used wherever precision aiming solutions are required to protect individual freedom.
Really? It looks like more imposing their religion on the government others. The site also says
We believe that America is great when its people are good, this goodness has been based on Biblical standards throughout our history, and we will strive to follow those morals.
Really?
The first amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
Article 6 of the constitution
no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
Treaty of Tripoli
the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;
It would tale less than five minute to look those up. So not only are they stupid, they are willfully stupid.
This is a blatant violation of the separation of church and state. It is illegal and wrong. Iran and Afghanistan are predominantly Muslim countries and there are many Muslims who thing the US wants to kill Muslims, force Muslims to become Christan or both. This can only make the fucking situation worse.
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Update: Trijicon has decided to stop stop placing bible quotes on their sights and remove the quotes from existing sights.
Trijicon Stephen Bindon, Trijicon president and CEO said in a statement
Trijicon has proudly served the U.S. military for more than two decades, and our decision to offer to voluntarily remove these references is both prudent and appropriate.
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“Are we going to stop using money because the bills have [McCarthy's Red Scare era's] ‘In God We Trust’ on them?”…so says Mr Pentagon mouth piece in defense of illegal behavior of a federal contractor.
So… if this Christian Nation trusted a god, they wouldn’t require/demand/need a military nor any other type of weapon either
….who can forget “God, Guns and Family” meme? Seems they don’t trust the “will” of god if they aren’t welcoming any and all avenues to receive a one-way ticket to the Pearly Gates.
As our forefather’s told We The People:
“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise” – James Madison
“Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man.” – Thomas Jefferson